The Incredible Hulk (1978) s05e05 Episode Script

I haven't cared for anyone in such a long time.
(CAMERA CLICKING) Look, David, there's a man who's crazy about her.
A man that you don't mess with in this town.
I want him gone.
(ROARS) I will not live without her.
Take him away.
JORDAN: And do it right this time.
NARRATOR: Dr.
David Banner, physician, scientist.
Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have.
Then, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry.
And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
(ROARS) The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter.
Mr.
McGee, don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit.
David Banner is believed to be dead.
And he must let the world think that he is dead until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
(ROARS) Okay.
(FOREMAN WHISTLES) FOREMAN: All right, that's it.
Put it away, boys.
Let's go.
Beller.
Huh? Your work's okay, I'm putting you on permanent.
Hey, thanks.
We'll keep you on the early shift.
All right.
Are you sure you want this job, David? You look kind of beat to me.
Well, I just don't wanna make you guys look bad.
Give yourself a few more years, won't hurt so much.
That's reassuring.
I tell you what.
How about a beer? I'll even pop for it.
Oh, no, I can't do that.
I got a date.
Now? Yeah.
If you can't even wait till this evening, she must really be special.
Oh, yeah, she is.
GALE: You're not going to distract me.
Oh, come on, there's not that much to tell, Gale.
David.
Mmm-hmm.
An educated man Yeah, yeah.
(GALE LAUGHS) seemingly without any ties Mmm.
moves to a little town like this and starts a career in lumberjacking? Yeah.
I needed work.
I will not believe that your past is all that terrible.
Oh, well Come on, it isn't fair.
Now, come on.
Okay, what do you want to know? Do you have any family? I have a father and a sister, they live in Colorado.
We don't see each other that often.
Were you ever married? Yes.
Kids? No.
Where is your ex-wife? She passed away.
I'm sorry.
I want to know things like that.
I want to know who you are.
'Cause I care.
(SIGHS) I'm I'm sorry, Gale.
It just It hasn't been easy for me.
It's, uh, just that I haven't been close to anyone in such a long time.
I haven't cared for anyone in such a long time.
Let's get back to your place, okay? I'm gonna tip this boat right over.
You're the captain, I'm the crew.
Easy crew, easy.
All right.
(DAVID EXHALES) (DAVID GROWLS LIKE A PIRATE) So, you wanna go to sea, do you, lass? Yes.
If you're the captain, I do.
(DAVID LAUGHS) Okay.
If you would grab the basket.
Okay.
Okay.
(LAUGHS) Attagirl.
(EXHALES) Hey, George! Hey, David! You know Gale? Gale Weber.
My friend here, this is George Rothman, a fellow colleague.
(GALE CHUCKLES) It's, uh, nice to meet you.
Listen, David, I gotta run, man.
I'll catch you later.
What's the matter with him? I don't know.
Hey.
What you thinking? My future.
You made any decisions? Mmm.
Well, I gotta stay here until I get Dad's estate cleaned up.
And then I've got a couple of offers, but nothing that really thrills me.
Well, I'd think with an MBA, you have a lot of possibilities.
Money's very tight, though.
I'm not sure about staying here in this town.
I've had an offer here, from an old friend of the family.
Oh? An offer, huh? Mmm-hmm.
Yeah.
A good job offer? Yes.
Actually, it's a very good job.
Yeah? I don't know about staying here, though.
Dad was my only family, and, well, I never spent much time here.
Even when I was a kid, they were always sending me to one school or another.
Mmm-hmm.
You're actually the best reason I have for staying.
I know.
I know you said that you might have to leave.
Believe me, I wish it wasn't the case.
Believe me.
I do.
Mmm.
Um (CAMERA CLICKING) PHOTOGRAPHER: The guy's name is Beller.
David Beller.
Couldn't find out too much about him.
He's lived here just over a month.
(SNICKERS) Funny thing, he works for you.
Choker setter.
Don't that beat all? You live in the gutter.
You're trash.
Mr.
Jordan, you hired me to do a job.
I did it.
Found out where she spends her time.
If you didn't want to find out, you shouldn't have hired me.
Give me the negatives.
Sure thing.
There's just the matter of my fee.
I got bills to pay like anybody else.
You tell anybody about this Mr.
Jordan, we got our ethics, even in the gutter.
Thank you very much, sir.
Gale! Mr.
Jordan, hello.
Hi.
Hi.
Forgive me for dropping by like this.
I've never been a very patient man.
Have you decided about my offer? You know how glad I'd be if you joined the company.
I appreciate that.
But I'm still thinking about a lot of other things.
Yeah, sure, you take your time if you need to.
The job will always be there.
You know, I haven't seen much of you lately.
I've been pretty busy, selling the house and everything.
Yes, I know.
But, I understand you've been having some social life, though.
Oh? Well, it's a small town.
Hard to keep things like that quiet.
Besides, the fellow works for me.
This Beller.
Yeah, we have been seeing each other.
He's a choker setter.
No one knows much about him.
Seems like he's kind of a drifter.
Am I wrong? Mr.
Jordan, what is all this about? Well, I know it seems like I'm prying, but I'd hate a fellow like this Beller take advantage of you.
I am an adult.
And I'm sorry, but I don't think that my personal life is really any of your business.
Gale, your father and I were very close.
And I I feel a certain responsibility.
And I appreciate that.
But I hope you understand that all we could ever be is friends.
I know you helped put me through school.
And now that I've sold the house, I'm gonna be able to pay you back.
I don't want your money.
I put you through school because I wanted to.
I always hoped that you might join the company.
Listen, why don't you drop by the mill tomorrow? Let me show you around.
I'm sorry, I have plans tomorrow.
Can't you change them? No.
Beller? Goodbye, Mr.
Jordan.
He's getting worse.
Look at him, making a fool out of himself over a woman.
As long as he pays me, I don't care what he does.
(SIGHS) It's bad.
As bad as I thought.
We'll take care of him, Mr.
Jordan.
(ENGINE STARTING) This Beller, how far do we go? Just get him out of town.
We'll buy him off.
What if he don't take it? You do what you have to do.
I want him gone.
Oh! Excuse me.
Sorry.
Sorry.
That's a new one.
What? Way to meet someone.
I was only reaching for Faulkner.
Well, be my guest.
Oh, no, no.
That's okay, here.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
Here.
Oh, no, really, that's okay.
No, I insist.
(LIBRARIAN HUSHING) Oh, all right, thank you.
I've been coming here all summer, and I'm usually alone here except for her, and a couple of school children.
Oh.
Jordantown isn't exactly a literary center.
Uh, today someone walks in and he and I reach for the exact same book at the exact same time.
Do you have any idea what the odds against that happening are? My calculus is a little rusty.
I'd say about a million to one.
Hmm.
(LIBRARIAN SHUSHING) (WHISPERING) Unless, of course, it's fate, in which case, odds wouldn't have anything to do with it.
Oh.
I gave you the book.
Don't you think you ought to reciprocate? I'd love to.
How? We could start with a cup of coffee.
Shh! That's a new one.
What? Way to meet someone.
(LAUGHING) (KNOCKING ON DOOR) The sauce is What is this? You're leaving town.
What do you mean? Well, climate don't suit you, you don't like your job, sick old aunt.
You pick the reason.
Well, there must be some kind of a mistake.
No mistake, Beller, you're messing with the wrong girl.
Pack a bag.
I don't understand.
You gonna come easy, or you gonna give me a hard time? Hard time don't bother me one bit.
This is the end of the escort service.
You keep going in that direction.
Man I work for thinks you ought to have a little traveling money.
He's kind of generous.
If it was left up to me, I'd give you the boot.
He's only generous once.
I don't want that.
I could care less.
I'm only doing my job.
This is because of Gale? Look, she don't exist for you.
You understand? I don't want this.
What happened to her? You forget her.
And stay away.
I mean far away.
Or else, you're gonna get hurt.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) GALE: David? Hi, honey.
I David? Hi, there.
Where you headed? Doesn't matter.
Well, you're in luck, sport.
'Cause that's just where I'm going.
Les Creaseman.
Oh, David Beller.
Ah, well, I don't blame you for wanting to leave Jordantown.
No, siree, sport.
That's some tough little burg, that one.
People there don't know the difference between kitchen appliances and airplane parts.
That's my business.
Not the airplane parts.
Kitchen appliances.
Yeah, those lumberjacks back there, you'd think they never ate a piece of toast.
I can't sell a toaster in Jordantown to save my life.
About all I do sell there are those juicers.
Yeah, they like the old fresh-squeezed in those hills.
But they don't go in for the frozen daiquiris.
No, siree Okay.
Come on, now.
Isn't that enough? Enough to make us sick for days.
Let me get you a really good one.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Food.
Food.
Oh Oh, was that good.
Mmm! Mmm.
Ready? Mmm-hmm.
Ah, wasn't that nice? Oh, I've thought about branching out, you know, getting into things like vacuum cleaners, and stuff.
You'd be surprised, sport, it's a whole other business.
You wouldn't think it, but this business is really getting specialized.
Just like medicine.
Try and find a GP these days, huh? Good luck! Excuse me.
Could you pull over here, please? Huh? Would you mind pulling over? I have to get out.
Oh, you mean like, when you gotta go, you gotta go? Uh, no.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
I'm sorry.
That's all right.
No problem.
BERT: Hey! Go that way.
You better take us seriously, Beller.
(DAVID YELLS) That's your last warning.
(ROARS) (ROARS) (ROARS) (BERT YELLING) (ROARS) GALE: David disappeared from his apartment.
All of his things were gone, but there was food cooking on the stove.
I waited there all night for him, and then I went to look for him at work, and he wasn't there either.
This Beller is a drifter.
I tried to tell you that, Gale.
But you wouldn't listen.
Obviously, he got what he wanted and moved on.
I know him.
He wouldn't do that.
What are you saying? That you're a very important man, Mr.
Jordan.
You didn't like my seeing him and I think you had something to do with this.
You know, Gale, you haven't spent much time in Jordantown since you were a little girl.
And now that your father passed away I don't see what all this has to do with David.
It's just that I'm afraid you might think there's not much for you here.
This could be your home.
I want you to understand that.
There are people here who care a great deal about you.
David cared about He cares about me.
I don't want to hurt you, Gale.
I hoped I wouldn't have to say this, but he wasn't very interested in you, not really.
I thought maybe I was wrong about David.
So I put him to the test.
I offered him a few dollars to leave town and he took it.
Gladly.
How dare you? I couldn't let you make such an obvious mistake.
Who are you to interfere in my life like that? You have no right! I do have a right! I helped support your father for years.
I put you through school.
Gale, I have always loved you.
The minute that I get settled, and it'll be somewhere far away from here.
I'll pay you back.
I never want to see you again.
You're not leaving Jordantown.
You're not leaving me.
The hell I'm not.
(BUZZING) Get out of my way.
Tell them to get out of my way! The sooner you stop fighting me, the easier it will be.
You're hurting me.
Let me go.
Stop! Save yourself a trip upstairs.
Gale isn't in.
Do you know where she is? My tenants don't tell me where they go and I don't ask 'em.
Did you see where she went? I don't spy on my tenants.
I'm not like that.
But have you seen her? No.
And I don't expect to.
What do you mean? Well, it's not my place to say.
If there's something she wanted you to know, I suppose she'd tell you.
Please, this is very important.
Well, I don't know very much.
Just what I see in passing.
A couple of guys came and picked up all her things.
What did they say? Well, they said she was going away, but she wanted to keep the place.
They had her key and a note.
They said they'd pay the next month's rent when it came due.
And I doubt that.
Why? Well, I went in her room.
Just to see if the lights were out.
Those two guys took everything she had.
At least to all appearances.
She isn't coming back.
I told you on the phone, Mr.
McGee, I got nothing to say to you.
Well, you can hardly ignore the damage.
Watch me.
Oh, come on.
A dozen men must have seen the Hulk.
I didn't.
I didn't see anything.
What're you doing? You stonewalling? Are you trying to protect somebody in this? Look, don't railroad me, Mr.
McGee.
And don't go around making up a story out of thin air.
If you're so anxious to stick to the truth, why don't you try to help me here? You're a reporter.
That means publicity.
Mr.
Jordan don't like either.
Think I'm gonna risk my butt just so you can get a story? You gonna get me a job if I lose this one? Sure you will.
Sure.
There's no reason for you to lose your job over this.
Well if Mr.
Jordan says so, I'll believe that.
You want me to talk, you see Mr.
Jordan first.
Okay, now, who is this Mr.
Jordan? For a reporter, you're real observant.
He owns the company.
He owns the town, he owns the valley.
I ain't biting the hand.
Let's go.
Officer, her name is Gale Weber, and I think she's in some kind of trouble.
OFFICER: Gale Weber? Who is this? David Beller.
And I work for the Jordan Lumber Company.
I'm a friend of Gale's.
I've been threatened because I've been seeing her, and now she's disappeared.
OFFICER: Listen, Mr.
Beller, you'd do better to mind your own business.
Officer, this is my business.
She could be hurt.
Don't worry about her.
You just worry about yourself.
George! George! George, it's me, David.
Let go, man.
You'll put me in the soup.
George, what the hell is going on? I said, let go.
David David, you better just get out of here.
Word is out and you ain't welcome.
That girl that I was with the other day, Gale Weber.
You know her, don't you? David, it don't matter.
George, I need to know what you know.
She's disappeared.
Look, David, there's a man who's crazy about her.
A man that you don't mess with in this town.
She's probably at his place.
Who is he? Ellis Jordan.
See, he's always cared about her.
It's just that in the last year or so, since his wife died, he's gotten weird.
He keeps to himself.
He hired bodyguards.
And they don't mind bustin' heads.
There's nothing you can do about it.
There has to be! He's kidnapped her and he could hurt her.
Look, Jordan owns this town and damn near everyone in it.
Police included.
Forget it, David.
GEORGE: Look, David, there's a man who's crazy about her.
A man that you don't mess with in this town.
She's probably at his place.
There's nothing you can do about it.
DAVID: There has to be! He's kidnapped her and he could hurt her.
He's kidnapped her and he could hurt her.
Would it scare you terribly if I said I thought I was falling in love? A little.
Yeah.
I know you told me that you might have to leave anytime.
Not because of you.
Well, then, I'll tell you I'm falling in love.
So am I, Gale.
So am I.
(CAR APPROACHING) Can I help you? Yeah, I'm a reporter, my name's Jack McGee.
I'm with The National Register.
I'd like to speak to Mr.
Jordan.
You're not on my list.
Do you have an appointment? No.
No, I don't.
But it's very important that I speak to him.
Well, he generally doesn't speak to reporters.
Right, I understand that.
But would you just ask? I came a long way for this.
Well, let me see some ID.
Sure.
Well, I've checked all the wiring.
I can't find the problem.
It has to be on the inside.
Where's the master bedroom? What? The master bedroom.
I have to check the connections.
Ah.
It's on the second floor.
Uh-huh.
At the end of the corridor.
Thank you, thank you.
That's what I thought.
Okay, yeah.
I'm sorry, Mr.
Jordan won't speak to any reporters.
Yeah, okay.
Would you Would you tell him that it's not Mr.
Jordan that I want to talk about? He doesn't wish to be disturbed.
Okay, fine.
All right.
But I'm gonna wait here until he does.
That's up to you, but this is private property.
Oh, David, thank God.
Are you all right? Huh? I'm fine.
He's only holding me here.
You should never have come.
He's absolutely crazy.
You've got to get out of here.
No, we've got to get out of here.
There are guards.
It's too risky.
He's never gonna hurt me, but if he sees us together Hold it! I got in and I can get us out, all right? Okay? Take her out.
(GALE MOANS) Why did you come back? You think you're good enough for her? I really don't think that's the point.
You have any idea who I am? What I can do? Oh, yes.
Yes, I've seen what you can do.
But what I don't understand is what you can gain by kidnapping Gale.
She's mine.
I will not live without her.
Not anymore.
Take him away.
And do it right this time.
You sure this is the best way? The guy works here.
It'll look like an accident.
I mean, maybe we're goin' too far.
Jordan didn't say anything about this.
He said, "Do it right.
" Now, what do you think he meant? If this guy comes back, we're gonna have to pay for it.
You wanna take that chance? All right.
Hook me up.
Get me another one.
(ROARS) No.
(YELLING) (ENGINE STRUGGLES TO START) (BERT SCREAMING) (GROANING) JORDAN: I'll let you go if we can start over.
That's all I want.
Do you honestly think that you could mean anything to me now? It isn't what you think.
Believe me, I only want to help you.
(ROARS) Oh, my God.
Get back.
Get back.
You stay away.
No, wait.
Don't hurt her.
Please don't hurt my daughter.
My child.
Please! Jordan was already married when he became involved with my mother.
My mother died in childbirth, so he paid the Webers to adopt me.
Mmm-hmm.
And then when his wife died, he wanted to bring me into his life.
Why didn't he tell you? He must have felt guilty for abandoning me when I was a baby.
But to do what he did He didn't know what else to do.
He'd already lost my mother.
He must've been afraid that he'd lose me, too.
But everything that's happened, it seems to have changed him.
I know that he'll let me live my own life now.
What're you gonna do with that life? I don't know.
Um, I'm gonna stay here for a little while at least.
There's so much that I want to learn about my mother and my father.
Stay with me.
There isn't any problem anymore.
Gale, I once told you that if I ever had to leave here, it wouldn't be because of you.
Yeah, but isn't there anything that I can do? Isn't there anything? No.
(CRYING) From the beginning I knew it would happen.